giga-

Etymology
From ; cognate to.

Prefix

 * 1) In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 109 (short scale billion or long scale milliard). Symbol: G
 * ("one billion watts")
 * 1)  Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 230 or 1,073,741,824.
 * 2)  Augmenting an adjective; intensely, extremely, or to an exceptionally high degree.
 * 3)  Used to augment nouns; denoting an invididual who is a paragon of something.
 * 1)  Used to augment nouns; denoting an invididual who is a paragon of something.
 * 1)  Used to augment nouns; denoting an invididual who is a paragon of something.
 * 1)  Used to augment nouns; denoting an invididual who is a paragon of something.

Usage notes

 * In computing, meaning is ambiguous between 109 = 1,000,000,000 and 230 = 1,073,741,824. For precision, specifically means the binary 230; see  for discussion.

Translations

 * Belarusian: гіга-
 * Bulgarian: гига-
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 吉, 激
 * Mandarin:, 吉咖
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გიგა-
 * German:
 * Greek: γίγα-
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: giga-
 * Indonesian: giga-
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 기가-
 * Malay:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: จิกะ-, กิกะ-

Etymology
(see 🇨🇬), ultimately from.

Prefix

 * 1) giga-
 * 2)  super-, extremely

Prefix

 * 1) giga-

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1)  SI prefix multiplying the unit by 109